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9:10 AM ET, November 4, 2025

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CNN:
Dick Cheney, influential Republican vice president to George W. Bush, dies  —  Dick Cheney, America's most powerful modern vice president and chief architect of the “war on terror,” who helped lead the country into the ill-fated Iraq war on faulty assumptions, has died, according to a statement from his family.
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Calvin Woodward / Associated Press:
Dick Cheney, one of the most powerful and polarizing vice presidents in US history, dies at 84  —  Add AP News on Google Add AP News as your preferred source to see more of our stories on Google.  Share  —  Dick Cheney, the hard-charging conservative who became one of the most powerful …
Robert D. McFadden / New York Times:
Dick Cheney, Powerful Vice President and Washington Insider, Dies at 84  —  A former defense secretary and congressman, he held the nation's No. 2 job under President George W. Bush and was an architect of policies in an era of war and economic change.  —  Dick Cheney, widely regarded …
Julia Manchester / The Hill:
Former Vice President Dick Cheney dies at 84  —  Former Vice President Dick Cheney died on Monday, according to a statement released by his family.  —  “Richard B. Cheney, the 46th Vice President of the United States, died last night, November 3, 2025.  He was 84 years old,” Cheney's family said in a statement.
Michael Dorgan / Fox News:
Former Vice President Dick Cheney dead at 84
Discussion: CBS News, RedState and The Maine Wire
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Alexander Bolton / The Hill:
Democrats divided over cutting deal to end shutdown
Discussion: The Daily Caller and Raw Story
Aaron Zitner / Wall Street Journal:
Divided Democrats Hope Attacking the Trump Economy Unites Party
Discussion: New Jersey Online and CNN
Axios:   1 big thing: 🚘 Off-ramp in sight
Mike Masnick / Techdirt:
60 Minutes Edits Donald Trump Telling Them 60 Minutes Should Edit Donald Trump Talking About How 60 Minutes Paid Him For Editing Kamala Harris  —  from the the-absurd-stupidity.-it-burns dept  —  60 Minutes is under new management and things are getting stupid faster than you might expect.
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Margaret Sullivan / American Crisis:
Trump just loves the revamped CBS.  Here's the ugly backstory.  —  Last week, John Dickerson left the network where he had worked for many years.  On his way out the door, he got a heartfelt standing ovation from his CBS News colleagues.  —  A well-respected, accomplished journalist, Dickerson certainly deserved the kudos.
Dan Froomkin / Press Watch:
CBS's interview with Donald Trump was an abdication  —  When you sit down with someone who constantly says things that aren't remotely true, you have a choice to make: Do you confront them?  Or do you enable them?  —  Sadly, in her interview with Donald Trump broadcast on Sunday …
David Bauder / Associated Press:
Anatomy of a news story: ‘60 Minutes’ invites audience into the editing process with Trump interview
Don Moynihan / Can We Still Govern?:
Who's Threatening Who?  —  America is living through an extraordinary experiment.  We are watching the reality of what aggressive internal immigration enforcement looks like in American cities.  —  For President Trump's supporters, the law is the law, and immigration enforcement must …
Discussion: Chicago Tribune and New Republic
Will Sommer / The Bulwark:
Groyper War Consumes the Biggest Right-Wing Think Tank  —  Heritage Americans Turn on One Another  —  BEN SHAPIRO DID SOMETHING UNIQUE on Monday.  Not only did he open his show with a fiery intervention in the right's roiling feud over white nationalist Nick Fuentes—he devoted his entire show to the topic.
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Annie Karni / New York Times:
G.O.P. Figures Seek Distance From Tucker Carlson, Denouncing Antisemitism  —  Prominent Republicans rejected the views of Nick Fuentes, a white supremacist, though some refrained from directly criticizing Tucker Carlson for interviewing him.  —  Republican lawmakers and influencers continued …
Josh Christenson / New York Post:
Heritage Foundation in revolt over Tucker Carlson defense after controversial Nick Fuentes interview: ‘Footsie with literal Nazis’
Samuel Benson / Politico:
Ben Shapiro blasts ‘intellectual coward’ Tucker Carlson amid staff shakeup at Heritage
Dan Mangan / CNBC:
Trump and Musk tell New York to ‘vote’ Cuomo over Mamdani on eve of mayoral election … President Donald Trump on Monday night explicitly called on New York City residents to vote for Andrew Cuomo over Democratic nominee Zohran Mamdani in the mayoral election.
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Steven Nelson / New York Post:
Trump tells New York ‘you must vote’ for Andrew Cuomo over Zohran Mamdani in NYC election — and ditch Curtis Sliwa
Erica L. Green / New York Times:
Trump's Tariffs and Push Against Limits Face Election and Court Tests
Politico:
The White House's Plan A is winning its Supreme Court tariff case.  It also has a Plan B. … “They're aware there are a number of different statutes they can use to recoup the tariff authority,” said Everett Eissenstat, former deputy director of the White House's National Economic Council during Trump's first term.
Discussion: Raw Story and NewsMax.com
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Kate Riga / Talking Points Memo:
Trump Admin Tells Judge It'll Disburse Half of SNAP Benefits for Eligible Households in November, With ‘Significant’ Delays  —  The Trump administration told a federal judge on Monday that it plans to use the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) contingency fund to cover 50 percent …
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Al Weaver / The Hill:
Senate GOP blocks Dem effort to fund SNAP
Discussion: The Guardian
Washington Post:
Laura Loomer is now credentialed to cover the Pentagon  —  The far-right activist and former congressional candidate has repeatedly criticized defense officials on her website and social media accounts while boasting of her close ties to President Donald Trump.
Reuters:
Exclusive: Trump ousts watchdog of US housing regulator involved in mortgage probes of his foes, sources say  — FHFA's acting inspector general Joe Allen removed amid political tensions  — Pulte bypassed Inspector General in pursuing cases against Trump foes
Judd Legum / Popular Information:
Medicare freeze beneficiary secretly donates $2.5 million to Trump ballroom  —  Earlier this year, Popular Information broke the news that Extremity Care - a company that sells bandages to Medicare for thousands of dollars per square inch - donated $5 million to MAGA Inc., President Trump's super PAC, on February 24.
Elizabeth Dwoskin / Washington Post:
Inside the billionaire network shaping MAGA's post-Trump future … In 2019, a small group of right-wing donors rented a resort outside the 100-person town of Rockbridge, Ohio, for a summit to secure the future of the MAGA movement.  They aimed to turn a singular candidate — President Donald Trump …
Tina Sfondeles / Chicago Sun Times:
Rep. Jesus ‘Chuy’ Garcia won't seek reelection, leaves seat for chief of staff in move panned as ‘coronation’  —  U.S. Rep. Jesus “Chuy” Garcia will not seek reelection — leaving in place a succession plan for his chief of staff with a last-minute maneuver that critics likened to a coronation and a Chicago political machine play.
News 12 New Jersey:
Bomb threats force closures at some New Jersey polling places  —  Paterson Mayor Andre Sayegh said polling sites at School 2 and School 10 in Paterson were shut down after threats were received.  —  •  —  Election Day 2025 underway in New Jersey  —  Dick Cheney, one of the most powerful …
ABC News:
Lauren Boebert's racially charged Halloween costume sparks backlash  —  Boebert dressed as a Mexican woman and her boyfriend as an ICE agent.  —  Rep. Lauren Boebert, R-Colo., attended a Halloween party Friday dressed as a Mexican woman while her boyfriend Kyle Pearcy wore an ICE vest over military-style clothes.
 
 
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Mark Hertling / The Bulwark:
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Paul Krugman:
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Politico:
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Devlin Barrett / New York Times:
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